Re: [PLUG] Arvhices

[Jon Nelson <bigfish@enter.net>]

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I have found that being able to search lists extremely beneficial.  I think 
the good out weighs the bad



At 08:37 AM 8/11/00 -0400, you wrote:
>On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Kevin Brosius wrote:
>
> >I haven't received that particular spam, but I think the problem is our
> >public archives.  I recently ran a net search (don't recall where, but
> >one of the public engines, probably Netscape's) and got a bunch of hits
> >for email lists I'm on.  It looks like the search engines are indexing
> >the mail archives available from our web page...  (Which means all the
> >email addresses are publicly retrievable.)
>
>Not sure about other people, but I have very frequently found it helpful
>to be able to search other user group's mailing lists.  I see the downside
>to the public archives, but think that they help more than they hurt.
>Anyone else have any commentary on the subject?
>
>
>___________________________________________________________
>Steve Creel                           Nothin But Net, LLC.
>                                       screel@nothinbut.net
>
>"Always do right.  This will gratify some people and
>astonish the rest."
>                 -- Mark Twain
>
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